Apple faces iTunes test case in Norway

September 29, 2008

(AP) -- Norway's top consumer advocate said Monday he is taking Apple Inc. to the government's Market Council in a test case seeking to force the American company to open its iTunes music store to digital players other than its own iPod.

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